Table 1 Benign and Malignant causes of thyroid nodules
From: RETRACTED ARTICLE: Thyroid nodules update in diagnosis and management
Benign | |
Colloid nodule | |
Hashimoto thyroiditis | |
Simple or hemorrhagic cyst | |
Follicular adenoma | |
Subacute thyroiditis | |
Malignant | |
Primary | |
Follicular cell-derived carcinoma: | |
PTC, follicular thyroid carcinoma, anaplastic thyroid carcinoma | |
C-cell–derived carcinoma: | |
MTC | |
Thyroid lymphoma | |
Secondary | |
Metastatic carcinoma (3 most common primaries are renal, lung & head-neck) |